Tire-holder



R. C. MONTGOMERY.

TIRE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 81 1919.

Patented pr. 5, 1921.

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ROSCOE C. MONTGOMERY, OF- BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO4 J'OHN R. LETTENBERGER, JR., OF WOODHAVEN, NEW YORK.

Tuin-HOLDER.

Application led November 8, 1919. Serial No. 336,680.

To all whom it may concern.' I

Be it known that I, Rescol; C. MONTGOM- ing long trips', though under ordinary eircumstances a single tire may Well answer al1 Specification of Letters Patent. iPatent'd Ap1. 5,` 1921.y

nur, a citizen of the United States, and a purposes. The present-invention provides a resident of the city of .N ew York, borough of construction which will 'answer in an eicient Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State manner all of the requirements above sug- 60.

of New York, have invented a new and useful Tire-Holder, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to tire holders, and has for an object to provide an improved construction wherein oneor more tires may be properly supported at a convenient point on. an automobile. f

Another object in view is to provide a holder which may be fastened rigidly to cer'- tain parts of the automobile, or adj ustably connected to a permanent rim carrying wheel or fixture.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder wherein'the carrying arms are radially movable 4or expansible so as to snuglyy fit into a tire carrying rim and to properly fit demountable rims carrying tires.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure ly is a side View of a rear part of an automobile, with an embodiment ot' the invention shown applied thereto, said embodiment and associate parts heilig shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a-plan view of a holder embody. ing the invention, certain parts being shown in section for better illustrating the way the adjustment is produced.

Fig 3 .is an enlarged fragmentary side view of one of, the arms shownv in l? ig. 2, the same being shown in connection with two tires when they are supporting demountahl rims.

.automobile showing a running hoard together with an embodiment of the invention shown applied to said running hoard.

Herctofore it has been connnon to provide a rim and suitable, supports in order to hold an extra tire` rl`his arrangement. is usually carried at the hack of' the automobile. though sometimes it is carried on the running boa rd. With eithe arrangement clamping or encirclingr straps are provided so as to hold tires mounted thereon properly in place. ln many in .tances it is desired to' carry more than one tire so that a rather unsightly arrangement is presented when an extra tire is clamped on to 'the first tire. The extra tire is usually thought. necessary when' take gested, as it may be used for carryingone or a plurality of tiresand may be used either as a permanent fixture or as a temporary fixture.

4Referring to the accompanying drawing' A by numerals, l indicates a bracket Whichy is provided with what may betermed a vhub 2 from which a number .of spokes'3 radiate. .The outer ends ot the spokes 3 are connected in any suitable manner-with a rim 4. V'This construction 1s old and well known and has I heretofore been used as means for carrying a single tire. As shown in Fig. l an embodiment ofthe invention is disclosed applied to the rim 4 and vthereby 'presentsfa"strueif ture which will easily support t\v (')"tir'esand their accompanying demountable rims. The -ho|der 5 is provided with a central .forkf shaped member having internally threaded extensions 7 and S and tulnllar-extensions 9 and l0. through which the threadedfend of rod 11 ext-ends. Winged nuts 12 and'13 are arranged on the. threaded end of rod 11 so as to adjust the same longitudinallyvin re. spect to the forked member Associated with rod l1 are what may be termed fixedA arms '1l and 15, which are threaded into members 7 and S, said arms being also threaded into the various supporting feet 16, 1T and 1S. '.lhcse supporting feet are/shown more particularly in Fig, 3, lwhereinit will he seen that eachl toot isprovided with an in-- ternal ly threa'ded\ enlargement 18', a depres.

and rims are not clamped directly in posi-v tion, but' are merely crowded together and against the flange 19 ot the respective feet 16, 17 and 18., This will'eftectively\j old the tires in piaceand against rattling-'Sigla the be used Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Where an automobile is already provided with a rim 4 and associate parts the device may be somewhat collapsed or drawn together and then placed in position, after which nuts 12 and 13 will adjust the foot 18 until a proper pressure is provided for caus- 'ing the various feet to grip rim 4f. An extra Atire inay then ble provided. By the radial adjustment of one of the feet, or all of the feet, the holder may be usedin connection .with rims 4; of different sizes without changin any` arts.

n ad ltion to being used as an attachment as illustrated in Fig. 1 the device may be used as a lprimary or independent holder if the centralT-shaped member G is mounted on the bracketl, or in any desired manner. It is also evident that the holder could be arranged at other places than the rear ofthe automobile, as for instance on the running board24, (Fig. 4). When used on tfie running board bracket extensions 25 and 26 pro- 'ect from the feet 16 and 17', said brackets eing preferably formed integral therewith so as to 'hold the entire construction in proper lace without danger of becoming loose. he brackets 25 and 26 are bolted or otherwise rigidly clamped to the running board 24. When used on the running boar the feet 4could be made to receive one, or any number 'of tires without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is: L

1. A tire holder comprising a plurality of radiating arms radially adjustable, a foot on theouter end of each of said arms formed with a depression adapted to receive the rim of a tire holder, an upstandin ange' at one end, and threaded projection t the opposite end; a clamping wedge loosely mounted on said threaded projection, anda nut screwed -on' to said threaded projection for moving the clamping -Wedge toward -said ange.

'2.l In .a spare tire holder having adjust-v able radial arms, ijioot foreach arm for engaging the'rims offthe spare tires said foot comprising a' body -ormed with athreaded Isocket for receiving an arm,a depressionin lline with the socket, a fla-nge extendin from. the body adjacent one end of said e resi sion, a threaded projectionextending rom l the body at the end opposite Itosa'id Han e, and an adjustable wedgeniembelcarried y said threaded projection forWeclginpiaJ plurality of tire supperting on'sai foot.l

Roscoe o; MoNTeoMEir. 

